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in the national wailed card game james bond gets a star finally. this is "early today." >> good morning. >> the abortion law deals a legal blah they issue a preliminary injunction in his ruling, judge robert pittman wrote this, from the moment sb 8 went into effect, women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising their lives in ways protected by the constitution that other courts may find a by a to avoid is theirs to decide the court will not sanction one more day of the deprivation of such an important right. texas is fighting back filing an appeal no judge pittman's decision the ruling is drawing a mix of criticism an anti-abortion group is slamming the decisione

pittman interfered with the clearly expressed will of texans planned parenthood says the fight is far from over no word yet on when clinics will resume their services. to the latest disrupted american classrooms. this time in arlington, texas, where four people were hurt. it may have started with a fight and viewers may find the following video disturbing police believe this video shows the fight that led to the shooting and tells nbc news it is a part of their investigation. nbca sam brock joins us with more. >> reporter: frances, good morning. two-and-a-half hours after the calls came in, this lockdown was lifted but not after an incredible amount of trauma was inflicted and three people ended up in the hospital one is a 15-year-old boy in an icu, all of thisft an alleged fist f school.

officer rung around guns with long guns, students were barricaded inside classrooms >> it was like bam, bam, bam, and there were three shops i feel i have to go to school fearing i will get shot. >> reporter: the calls came in at 9:15, immediately sparking concerns of an active heater is. an 18-year-old is in custody after turning himself in not before an hour's long manhunt ensued. >> it's not a random act of violence this is not somebody attacking our schools. >> reporter: arlington pd says he shot several people after and in-class altercation in total, four injured, including a 15-year-old boy fighting for life after surgery and a 25-year-old man in good condition. heart strong moment for parents watching the situation unfold at the school of 1,700 students >> it's like, mama, where are you? i need you here. >> not knowing if your kid is

safe or one that's been shot is the worst feeling. >> reporter: once the school was cleared and lockdown lifted, students were bussed to a reunification center warning parents to check theirse posted inaccurate information and false threats. >> if they're putting out threats on their schools, they're going to be arrested and prosecuted >> reporter: questions mounting how simkens brought a gun to school in the first place. >> we won't sleep to figure out how he got this weapon in his hand to come to school and cause this tragedy >> sim kins is facing three counts of aggravated assault the school district is reevaluating its policy of no metal detectors. they have at least one local law enforcement officer on every single school campus that's the latest here in texas. frances, back to you. >> sam, thank you. as the investigation into the massive oil spill off of california continues, the u.s. coast guard is now looking into

the movement of multiple shifts that were anchored near the pipeline in the days leading up to the incident. miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: it's a massive spill and the missteps as authorities pinpoint the cause for this still unfolding disaster we now have a clear time line of what went wrong. according to federal documents obtained by nbc news, beta offshore received a low pressure alarm on its massive underwater pipeline at 2:30 a.m. saturday investigators say it took more than three hours for the company to shut the leak down. it was more than six hours after the initial alarm before beta offshore reported the incident to the national response center. federal officials were in the dark for hours as oil spewed from the cracked pipeline 5 miles off the coast at a depth of 98 feet do you mean also show the spill

came in roughly friday night, roughly 12 hours before the pipeline was shut down. >> we're not aware of any spill until 8:09 on saturday morning i promise you. if we were aware of something on friday night, i promise you, we would have stopped all operations. >> reporter: with a 13-mile oil sheen spotted by the coast guard, authorities quickly found oil slick marine life and dead fish operating in federal water off southern california's coast, the rig at the center of the spill has an oil pipeline that runs about 15 miles back to shore that pipeline and this rig are more than 40-years-old closing in on a cause for the run rupture, federal officials are looking whether a cargo ship may have accidentally dragged and split the pipeline opened. what we do know is the damage to the environment and its wild life could be catastrophic, a disaster that perhaps could have

and should have been stopped hours earlier. this morning, investigators say someone could face criminal charges in this bill of course, that investigation could take weeks, if not months. philip, back to you. >> all right miguel, thank you. congress is tapping the brakes from the company careening off a fiscal cliff they are raising the debt ceiling until december, dodging a potential catastrophe. wall street cheered the news, it closed with the dow up about 100 points and futures are pointing to more green at the open. nbc news' chris pollone is on the hill with the latest this deal would buy us at least a few months >> good morning. this there there could be a vote if democrats are able to hammer out the final details of this debt limit deal. shortly after midnight, the senate majority leader chuck schumer said, we're making good progress we're not there in talking about a potential deal minority leader mitch mcconnell

promises to let them pass a debt limit increase with a simple majority vote. but it would have to raise it by a specific amount of money, which would only last into december they met with several business leaders to discuss the potential of the u.s. defaulting the on its debt the treasury secretary has said, if that happens, it would be a catastrophe. >> let me be clear, raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. there is nothing to do with new spending on what would be coming this year or other years it has nothing to do with my plans on infrastructure or building back better, both of which are paid for. >> reporter: the senate negotiates, president biden is heading to chicago he will visit a business to highlight the role mandatory covid-19 vaccination policies have in helping get the nation out of the pandemic. you might remember this trip was originally scheduled for last week, but the president had to

reschedule it to stay in washington so he could help negotiate that bipartisan infrastructure deal and also the build back better bill >> reshuffle priorities. chris, thank you. another national poll shows president biden's popularity is sliping. in the latest poll, the president's approval rating hit a few low of 38% that's down from a high of 50% in mid-february. 55% disapprove of his handling of the economy but there are some optimistic signs in that area according to payroll firm adp, companies hired at a faster than expected pace in september private jobs rose by 568,000, significantly better than the dow jones estimate >> it is pricey at the pump from coast-to-coast aaa is reporting the national average for gas is 3.22 per gallon mt expensive gasoline averaginll,

some places passing the $5 mark. rising costs come as oil prices are up nearly $40 a barrel to last year. to weather now, we got flood concerns in the south and warmer temperatures in other places let's turn to janessa webb happy thursday, to you, janessa. >> happy thursday. we're under this pretty quiet weather pattern. if you are in the pacific northwest, it's really the southeast and now the mid-atlantic this afternoon. while we continue to deal with flash flood concerns we have been dealing with this consistent rain for the last four days. that will be continuing as we head into the weekend. the 14 million people under flash flood watches around warnings, i do think this search is spread more into the tennessee valley and carolinas later on this afternoon. the totals, the bulk o

off for the upper mid-west chicago 73 along with the flooding, we're dealing with a major warm-up across the east coast. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thank you, janessa. now to a very special moment for a group of trail blazers the very first all women fight took off from chicago. they served in world war ii through the vietnam were flown to washington, d.c., where they visited the monument built in their honor, all a part of operation herstory of women in the military why canada is playing hardball with covid protocol this nba season. pa trmedn.agdo

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the surprising way to save water. with marijuana legalization growing, companies are blazing a if you trail in the workplace. here to clear the smoke is nbc's vaughan hilliard >> reporter: this is not your normal company team bonding. >> this is the best one i ever made probably the best at the table. >> reporter: for this public relations firngs this is how they do it.

>> throw a leaf in the grinder close it up, grind it up as best you can. >> reporter: what is the purpose of this, though? >> a part of our company culture is we like to do team building activities working in the cannabis ina couple newbie s >> i never have before. >> reporter: that the trisha white, a newly hired junior account's executive. >> this is my first college. >> reporter: first job. >> first real job. >> reporter: your first time rolling a joint. >> it is, a lot of firsts going on >> reporter: it's because this woman. they represent 60 people that work in the cannabis industry and hope they can become less taboo at other work companies. >> have my employees go after work together as opposed to going out and having drinks and coming in. i think people look at this as the different culture now. cannabis is a part of main stream culture, we're bracing that as well. >> how big of a business are we

talking about? >> this year alone, cannabis is s growing at this pace. >> the increasing this is the climb in american support. 30 years ago, 16%. today about two-thirds of americans. now some major corporation are adjusting with the times amazon, the biggest, saying in a statement this summer, we change course we will no longer include marine in our comprehensive drug screening program and will, instead, treat it the same as col use alcohol use. cities and states are changing too. here in new york, a company cannot fire you for using marijuana outside of work hours. if you are applying for a job, that company can't turn down because of a positive test most states have yet and most are able to rely on federal drug

testing laws for safety sensitive jobs. >> our thanks for that report to vaughan hilliard nothing like grass brigg your co-workers families, everybody else. >> it has that effect. by the time, bonding employees by the time, bonding employees are getting more difficult after all this time,

some still haven't learned, never. go. alone. universal studio's halloween horror nights. brace yourself for netflix's the haunting of hill house, the exorcist, and more. right now at 4:30, no more masks. announcement could come today in the bay area. what are the risks? we take the questions straight to the experts. sweater weather coming back. kari hall tracking a cooldown and how long it will last. this is "today in the bay."